Improved water-proof paint



M951 5mg W V eae aw JOHN A. MOFF-ITT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 84,702, dated December 8, 1868; amtdated November 25, 1868.

IMPROVED WATER-PROOF PAIN'I'.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maldng part ofthe same.

To all whom it mli/y co'nce'rn:

Be it known that I, J OHN A. MOFFITT, of Boston, in the county of Sufl'olk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented and discovered a new Water- Proof Paint and Coating, to wit, India rubber, gutta peroha, or balatta, and benzine or naphtha, mixed with arsenic, arsenic acid, or the substance known as the universal deodorizing-powder, as driers, with or with consistency.

Pigments, sufficient to give the'combination any required shade or color.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of either India rubber, gutta percha, or balatta, with benzine 01" naphtha, and either arsenic, arsenic aoid, or the universal deodorizing-- powder, as driers, in manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.-

- 2. The combination of either India rubber, gutta percha, or ba1atta,with benzine or naphtha, and either of said drier-s,- arsenic,.-arsenic acid, or the universal deodorizing-powder, with oils and pigments, in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.

3. The application of arsenic, arsenic acid, or the universal deodorizing-powder, as dJiers for India rub: ber, gutta-percha, or balatta.

Witnesses: JOHN A. MOFFITT.

'J. H. Mormon, HENRY WALKER. 

